- Title: Naples illuminates castle in honour of soccer idol Maradona
- Date: 19th December 2020
- Summary: MADRID, SPAIN (DECEMBER 19, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING TO BUY CHRISTMAS LOTTERY AT FAMOUS LOTTERY OFFICE DONA MANOLITA PEOPLE BUYING CHRISTMAS LOTTERY AT DONA MANOLITA SIGN SHOWING INSTRUCTIONS TO MEET THE CORONAVIRUS SAFETY MEASURES IN THE QUEUE VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF DONA MANOLITA LOTTERY OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNEMPLOYED MADRID RESIDENT, ASMAHE, 40,
- Embargoed: 2nd January 2021 10:53
- Keywords: Argentina Diego Armando Maradona Italy Naples soccer
- Location: NAPLES, ITALY
- City: NAPLES, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Europe,Soccer,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA001D9O9NPJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:The southern Italian city of Naples honoured soccer idol Diego Maradona by illuminating the walls of its waterfront castle, Castel dell'Ovo, with an animation of 100 pictures of the late Argentine legend on Friday (December 18).
Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of the greatest soccer players of all time before drug and alcohol addiction marred his career, died on November 25 at his home in Argentina at the age of 60.
Maradona came to Naples, a city drenched in sun and superstition, in 1984 when he was 23, achieving a god-like status in the Italian city, where he played some of his most sublime soccer.
The diminutive Argentine left Naples almost 30 years ago, but his spirit never departed, with a giant mural of him still staring down on the traffic-clogged streets and his photograph placed alongside images of saints in shop windows.
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